Players will qualify for Premier based on peak ratings
from January 3rd to March 31st to determine division qualification.

So, using the most recent PEAK RATING list, this is the order of
players who qualified for Premier.

The Premier division closed Friday, midnight EDT, 7 April 2006.

Premier(open to 2005's div A top finisher--able to attend--and the 19
highest-rated div A entrants. Eligibility based on peak ratings
from January 3rd to March 31st to determine division qualification. **********Seeded using the 1 April 2006 rating list.
**********)
[1 registrants]
John Van Pelt (1865)

Division A (1700 and up)
(peak ratings used for Premier eligibility only.)
(this is the top 19 Division A registrants as of today,
the list may change as others give firm yesses and nos.)

Brian Cappelletto

(2019--2019 peak)

Joe Edley

(1980--2007 peak)

Joey Mallick

(1942--1980 peak)

Scott Appel

(1941--1941 peak)

Jason Katz-Brown

(1934--1935 peak)

Lloyd Mills

(1871--1926 peak)

Joel Sherman

(1897--1915 peak)

Peter Armstrong

(1865--1913 peak)

Robin Pollock Daniel

(1908--1908 peak)

Randy Greenspan

(1908--1908 peak)

Chris Cree

(1801--1904 peak)

John Hart

(1862--1888 peak)

Joel Wapnick

(1858--1884 peak)

Sam Kantimathi

(1806--1876 peak)

Joe Weinike

(1877--1872 peak)

John O'Laughlin

(1831--1860 peak)

Sal Piro

(1859--1859 peak)

Rod MacNeil

(1810--1855 peak)

Merrill Kaitz

(1854--1854 peak)

The table (above) is compiled based on data generated by John Chew with his access to the NSA's
tournament results and rating lists.
The most recent and event-qualifying data presented below:

NOTE: BAT 2006 follows standard NSA practice in accepting as a qualifying
peak rating any rating which appears in a published ratings list during
the qualification period (in this case, any of the January, February or
March 2006 lists) or is a final (i.e. not an interim mid-tournament
rating computed in a split-rated tournament) rating (not including
acceleration points) earned at a fully-rated NSA-sanctioned tournament
(i.e. not a Local Club Tournament).

BAT 2007 will use the same system, except that the qualification period
(QP) will begin immediately after BAT 2006, and Premier players will be
required to play at least one fully-rated game during the QP. The end
of the QP will be announced together with the dates for BAT 2007.